Johannesberg Court

The Johannesberg court was an administrative and judicial district of the Hersfeld Abbey , the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and the Electorate of Hesse with its seat in Hersfeld , which existed from the 14th century to 1821 .

history

Between 1021 and 1024, Abbot Arnold of the Hersfeld Abbey founded the Benedictine provostry Johannesberg on the mountain of the same name, which was consecrated to John the Baptist . The provost had some property around Hersfeld. The provost's office formed a high court district as early as 1200 . In 1217 Abbot Ludwig von Hersfeld confirmed these rights conferred under Abbot Johann.

In 1648 the Hersfeld Abbey was dissolved due to the Peace of Westphalia and, as the Principality of Hersfeld, part of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel. The Johannesberg court had become Hessian. It included Johannesberg , Oberhaun , Unterhaun , Hilperhausen , Kohlhausen , Hof Roßbach, paper mill near Oberhaun and the desert areas of Kreuzberg, Lauf and Withof. In the second half of the 18th century the court was merged with the Hauneck office .

In 1806, as part of the formation of the Rhine Confederation, the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel was dissolved and the administrative area fell to the Kingdom of Westphalia . This is where the canton of Hersfeld came into being . After the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Electorate of Hesse was re-established and the Johannesberg court was rebuilt as part of the Hauneck office.

In 1821/22 the separation of jurisdiction from administration was introduced in Kurhessen . The administrative tasks went to the Hersfeld district , the jurisdiction to the Hersfeld district court . The office itself has been dissolved.

literature

• Elisabeth Ziegler: The territory of the Reichsabtei Hersfeld from its beginnings to 1821, 1939, pp. 110–115, 152.
• Kur-Hessischer Staats- und Adress-Kalender: 1818, S. 78 ff. Digitized .